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AKARI UF1H

ISAMU NOGUCHI

Each Akari – the Japanese word for “light”- is handcrafted, beginning with the making of washi paper from the inner bark of the mulberry tree. The paper is then glued onto a thin bamboo framework, creating a lighting sculpture, delicate but powerful.

The soft and warm glow of light casting through the paper transforms “the harshness of electricity back to the light of our origins – the sun – so that its warmth may continue to fill our rooms at night” as explained by Isamu Noguchi himself.

Its shape and design give a modern twist to the traditional Japanese lantern that originally inspired Noguchi.

Like the beauty of falling leaves and the cherry blossom, Noguchi wrote, Akari are “poetic, ephemeral, and tentative.” He was fond of saying, “All that you require to start a home are a room, a tatami, and Akari.”

Inspired by America’s UFO obsession in the 1950s, with their supposed insect-like legs, the UF series is in direct continuity of Noguchi’s work as a sculptor. Printed with a large graphic black stripe, UF1H, UF2H and UF3H models bring a subtle touch of masculinity to your home.

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